[Greg Reimer 7376]

That's the issue,quandry, whatever term you use to describe the physical, mental political or ecclesiastical morass that is humanity. We were all endowed by our Creator with a free moral agency. That gives us our undeniable individuality. In other words, we have the option to think for ourselves. That is what sets us apart as a species, is the freedom to use our human mindset-some for the good of others, some for far less ambitions. No system on earth is going to evoke a unanimous response to its presentation to us. There are so many differences of opinion out there, in society, in issues of religion, government, what constitutes human rights, and everything else. Religion is interesting, because there are so many variants of it. Some say that they are all basically alike. Not so. There is too many differences of opinion within even that for that idea to go very far. I've learned that even within basic Bible Christianity that there are three interesting approaches. The first is tradition..That's man's opinion of what the Bible says and what God does. The second is doctrine.That's man's attempt to define God in our own terms. The third is Scripture. The Bible is God's revelation of who He is. We as humans interject our own opinions of the interpretation of it all and we don't always agree on even that. Same thing with secular pursuits. So many differences of opinion in government, what it is, who it is, and what it does. The main fear we humanoids have is that if the people in charge get their way, we will lose the option to think for ourselves. The right to do this is a very precious commodity and is of vast importance, but that can't ignore the fact that there are very vast differences as to what that is. That's mankind's quandary- who do we believe?